Do We Expect Too Much From Our Teenagers?

While children should be children as long as possible it is imperative as the parent that they are trained in the functioning of the home, time management, stick to it abilities and so forth. The world is competitive and very active. Prepare them for that within the home and they will be more successful later. There are age aproptite chores that can prepare them for when they later achieve adulthood. Accountability is a major thing that should be taught from very little. Will be interesting to see what others have to say.

I do believe in this to some extent , I worked in our local school for a year and was amazed at what some of the children now considered so important in life . One such occasion was when I went to make sure the children in grade one were all getting along alright and I came across one little girl sitting out on the benches outside the classroom , she was crying and I sat down to ask her what was wrong , now remember she was a grade one student . She was devestated because her boyfriend was ignoring . I didn't know what to say to her as she was so upset about some boy in the classroom that was supposed to be her boyfriend and that she felt he should be holding her hand and trying to kiss her , she was in grade one . It was after this that I noticed how so many paretns makes jokes saying " so do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend ,sure you do , who is it , or what do you mean you don't have a boyfriend/girlfriend yet "? It is talk like this that makes our children feel they have to grow up sooner then they should . This child should have been in the classroom palying with all her friends but wasn't because all the other girls in the class were hanging out with their boyfriends and her's wasn't interested .